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Author. Editor. Avid reader. Shakespeare nerd. Too curious for my own good, but hey, it keeps life interesting.
New euphemism for misogyny getting a test run?
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New euphemism for misogyny getting a test run?
Okay, that is TOO on the nose...
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Okay, that is TOO on the nose...
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
She combined the green beans and carrots...and are there any herbs/spices on those veggies at ALL???
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
She combined the green beans and carrots...and are there any herbs/spices on those veggies at ALL???
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Saints preserve us, Mrs. Betty Bowers--are you writing NYT headlines now??? 😅
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
Some say that Lindsey Halligan is a wildly incompetent lawyer.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Saints preserve us, Mrs. Betty Bowers--are you writing NYT headlines now??? 😅
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
As an editor (fiction, not news stories), I approve this message.
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As an editor (fiction, not news stories), I approve this message.
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
True then, true now.
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
True then, true now.
This history nerd says: True.
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This history nerd says: True.
Well, yes, there is that. (eye roll)
If folks don't want House and Senate Democrats constantly having to choose between a rock and a hard place, then they need to stop voting for unified Republican control of the House, Senate, and the presidency.
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Well, yes, there is that. (eye roll)
To @senate.durbin.gov, because I called your office but couldn't leave a message earlier today. DO. NOT. CAVE. ON. HEALTHCARE.
Any promise of a Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is worthless, because a) These guys lie like rugs, and b) Mike Johnson won't hold a House vote. DON'T GIVE IN!
Any promise of a Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is worthless, because a) These guys lie like rugs, and b) Mike Johnson won't hold a House vote. DON'T GIVE IN!
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
To @senate.durbin.gov, because I called your office but couldn't leave a message earlier today. DO. NOT. CAVE. ON. HEALTHCARE.
Any promise of a Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is worthless, because a) These guys lie like rugs, and b) Mike Johnson won't hold a House vote. DON'T GIVE IN!
Any promise of a Senate vote on extending the ACA subsidies is worthless, because a) These guys lie like rugs, and b) Mike Johnson won't hold a House vote. DON'T GIVE IN!
That closing line...well done. No notes. :)
"Thank you for your attention to this matter"
Democratic leaders ask Trump for meeting to end shutdown
New letter ===>
Democratic leaders ask Trump for meeting to end shutdown
New letter ===>
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
That closing line...well done. No notes. :)
Oh lord, spot on... (giggles hysterically, also buries head in hands)
Tucker Carlson is promoting Hitler the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Oh lord, spot on... (giggles hysterically, also buries head in hands)
Stop lying, Mr. Emmer. The GOP has the majority; you guys can reopen the government any damn time you want. Do it and quit whining. Or sit your asses down and negotiate with Senate Dems to keep the ACA subsidies intact and reverse the ugly Medicaid cuts. Your choice, cowards.
Emmer: "You're playing politics with people's lives, and for what? So that you can appease the radical pro-terrorist wing of your party ... it's despicable"
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stop lying, Mr. Emmer. The GOP has the majority; you guys can reopen the government any damn time you want. Do it and quit whining. Or sit your asses down and negotiate with Senate Dems to keep the ACA subsidies intact and reverse the ugly Medicaid cuts. Your choice, cowards.
But, ya know, which party is laser-focused on "kitchen table issues" and "lowering the cost of living"? Making life better/less expensive for "average Americans"?
Tell me again, pundits? (Or you could just go again with, "Joe Biden old/Kamala Harris laughed too much.")
Tell me again, pundits? (Or you could just go again with, "Joe Biden old/Kamala Harris laughed too much.")
Breaking: Trump just banned states from being able to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
But, ya know, which party is laser-focused on "kitchen table issues" and "lowering the cost of living"? Making life better/less expensive for "average Americans"?
Tell me again, pundits? (Or you could just go again with, "Joe Biden old/Kamala Harris laughed too much.")
Tell me again, pundits? (Or you could just go again with, "Joe Biden old/Kamala Harris laughed too much.")
The old "deserving vs. undeserving poor" trick. Nice. (Not.)
having the power to decide who eats or not and who gets shelter or not is a lot of power and the christian right is extremely open about wanting to control and mold people. they are 100% in earnest about wanting the government out of any aid help; unqualified aid robs churches of that position
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The old "deserving vs. undeserving poor" trick. Nice. (Not.)
Thank you for this, sir. You've put into better words than I can, something that I've sensed for a while but couldn't quite put my finger on.
i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thank you for this, sir. You've put into better words than I can, something that I've sensed for a while but couldn't quite put my finger on.
Very on-brand for Trump, malignant narcissist that he is.
Thanks for all you do, Congresswoman Crockett. Where the h*ll are your colleagues in the GOP???
Thanks for all you do, Congresswoman Crockett. Where the h*ll are your colleagues in the GOP???
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very on-brand for Trump, malignant narcissist that he is.
Thanks for all you do, Congresswoman Crockett. Where the h*ll are your colleagues in the GOP???
Thanks for all you do, Congresswoman Crockett. Where the h*ll are your colleagues in the GOP???
That is *exactly* how the Gray Lady would put it. Sigh.
Analysis | Trump's promise to not damage the East Wing of the White House contained misstatements.
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
That is *exactly* how the Gray Lady would put it. Sigh.
Let's do this everywhere!!!
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Let's do this everywhere!!!
(head tilt) ...And this would be snark/satire, as opposed to a headline the Gray Lady would actually go with, how?
Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.
October 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
(head tilt) ...And this would be snark/satire, as opposed to a headline the Gray Lady would actually go with, how?
Oh, the horror.../s
October 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oh, the horror.../s
"Appears to contradict the government's [read: ICE's] claim..."
(deeply sarcastic tone) Huh. Fancy that.
(deeply sarcastic tone) Huh. Fancy that.
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"Appears to contradict the government's [read: ICE's] claim..."
(deeply sarcastic tone) Huh. Fancy that.
(deeply sarcastic tone) Huh. Fancy that.
Reposted
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
1,000 % agreement with this.
Premiums are set to increase by 70%, a health care bill could soon triple.
Don’t know about you, but I can’t afford another $600 a month.
Dems are fighting to stop this. Trump & Republicans won’t even have a convo with Dems.
Let’s be clear: Republicans 💯 OWN this‼️
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
Don’t know about you, but I can’t afford another $600 a month.
Dems are fighting to stop this. Trump & Republicans won’t even have a convo with Dems.
Let’s be clear: Republicans 💯 OWN this‼️
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
September 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1,000 % agreement with this.
Cardinal Dolan is a whited sepulchre. A terrible excuse for a Catholic. He just lied through his teeth about Charlie Kirk, whose words and actions had little (if any) connection to "the truth". Or to the Christianity the man professed. You know, the one that says "love your neighbor as yourself"?
To hear a member of the Sacred College venerate a serial race-baiter is disheartening, to say the least. Showing respect for someone so tragically murdered does not require this.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"
September 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Cardinal Dolan is a whited sepulchre. A terrible excuse for a Catholic. He just lied through his teeth about Charlie Kirk, whose words and actions had little (if any) connection to "the truth". Or to the Christianity the man professed. You know, the one that says "love your neighbor as yourself"?
I'd say Edith Wharton by way of ChatGPT...
Rebecca Solnit commented that it sounded like it was written by Edith Wharton.
September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'd say Edith Wharton by way of ChatGPT...